After a long wait, the iPhone 14 series was introduced by Apple. The company’s new iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max models, which appeal to the high level, are getting a feature we are familiar with for the first time: the always-on display.
Apple calls the always-on display feature “Always On” and, as we are used to, differentiates this feature from its competitors. Thanks to this feature, which we often see on phones with OLED screens in the Android world, we were able to see some important notifications, time and some small information without opening the entire screen. The Android community provided this feature by turning off all the remaining pixels of the screen. In this way, a very small group of pixels of the OLED screen of the device was operated, and therefore the battery life was not affected too much. But things are changing a bit by Apple.
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Apple is making some changes to the existing always-on display formula. Instead of the always-on screen we see on Android devices, Apple actually leaves the lock screen on on the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. While doing this, it reduces the screen brightness to a great extent.
New lock screen widgets will be added in the iOS 16 release next week. All these add-ons will continue to appear on the always-on screen of the iPhone 14. Likewise, colors, photos and everything else on your current lock screen will continue to appear dimmed. Therefore, the screen of the iPhone 14 Pros will indeed always remain on.
iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max have extra hardware for always-on display
OLED screens generally make it possible to lighten or darken all pixels individually. Therefore, if a black image is required, the pixels are not illuminated and energy is saved. Thanks to this working principle, the always-on display feature was made possible. On the Apple side, although OLED displays have been used since the iPhone X, the always-on display is only found on the iPhone 14 Pro Max and Pro.
Apple marketing chief Greg Joswiak reports that for this feature, they use multiple co-processors in the chipset and “a set of new technologies that make the display incredibly power efficient.” The OLED panel on the iPhone 14 Pros has an enhanced dynamic refresh rate. In this way, dynamic refresh rates from 120Hz to 1Hz can be used in devices.
We’ll start seeing LTPO technology more often
Polycrystalline oxide (LTPO) technology is used in the panel for the dynamic refresh rate found in iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. In this way, the lock screen is completely darkened intelligently and the refresh rate is reduced to 1Hz, taking a giant leap in energy efficiency. We have seen similar technologies first in the Watch Series 5 and more advanced in the new Watch Series 8 models. There is also a similar feature on the Galaxy S22 Ultra, but since it is a relatively new technology, this option is not available on most devices.
Of course, there is no need for LTPO displays to use the always-on display feature. Because even Moto X, which was released in 2013, had this feature. However, LTPO displays provide lower power consumption and therefore the opportunity to use this feature in color. In the future, we will probably see colorful and more informational lock screens in the Android ecosystem.
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